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A University of Pittsburgh reproductive biologist relied on the now-discredited stem-cell findings of a disgraced Korean scientist to win a $16.1 million federal grant last fall, according to federal documents and letters obtained by the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.
Pitt's Gerald Schatten will use the money for an ambitious stem-cell research program that will occupy four of seven floors of Magee-Womens Research Institute's building, now under construction in Oakland, the documents show.
The five-year grant, awarded to Schatten in September by the National Institutes of Health, is based in part on cloning experiments deliberately falsified by Hwang Woo-Suk, the documents show.
Because of Schatten's role in co-authoring the discredited work, Pitt officials should consider whether he remains eligible to lead research projects and receive grants, said Arthur Caplan, director of the Center for Bioethics at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.
"It's hard for me to imagine it going forward the way it is, given the complete discrediting of a purported partner," Caplan said.
A Pitt research integrity panel appointed by medical school dean Dr. Arthur Levine has recommended the university discipline...
Pitt's Gerald Schatten will use the money for an ambitious stem-cell research program that will occupy four of seven floors of Magee-Womens Research Institute's building, now under construction in Oakland, the documents show.
The five-year grant, awarded to Schatten in September by the National Institutes of Health, is based in part on cloning experiments deliberately falsified by Hwang Woo-Suk, the documents show.
Because of Schatten's role in co-authoring the discredited work, Pitt officials should consider whether he remains eligible to lead research projects and receive grants, said Arthur Caplan, director of the Center for Bioethics at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.
"It's hard for me to imagine it going forward the way it is, given the complete discrediting of a purported partner," Caplan said.
A Pitt research integrity panel appointed by medical school dean Dr. Arthur Levine has recommended the university discipline...
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